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737:, Ben Eliezer was forced to agree to another round of primaries. During the period of time between the decision to hold another primary and the primaries themselves, which were set for 19 November 2002, the Labor party withdrew from the unity government, which led to rumors that the main reason they withdrew was due to the considerations regarding the primaries. The primaries were eventually won by Amram Mitzna, who at that point in time was the mayor of
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Contributing this was the militaristic tendency of large sections from the
Israeli public that supported more severe measures than those which were actually implemented against the Palestinians for militant and terrorist attacks against Israelis. This tendency led to a situation in which the significant differences regarding the way Israel should react to the Intifada were not split between the Labor party and the Likud party, but rather between the
760:, which ended the Israeli policy of restraint in response to Palestinian terrorist attacks, succeeded in considerably reducing the numbers of terrorist attacks carried out against Israel; nevertheless, they led to the disintegration of the unity government. In addition, the economic situation also deteriorated significantly, and after Operation Defensive Shield, an emergency economic plan was brought forth on April 25, 2002, which was called
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complaint against Ehud Barak even led to an investigation regarding the organizations that helped him get elected). As a result, Sharon returned 1.5 million NIS to the donors on
October 4, but had difficulties in raising the more funds. On October 22, Sharon's son Gilad was able to get a loan at a relatively high interest from
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Although winning the Labor party's leader position allegedly promised Ben
Eliezer his candidacy for prime minister for the Labor party, in practice the problematic election process led to many issues which were also affected by the lack of enthusiasm from the dovish faction of the Labor party to Ben
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Intifada created a significant gap in the public opinions, as the public which once identified itself as "moderate left" drifted significantly away from the left, leaving a vacuum between it and the far left group. This situation significantly affected
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at the time), although in practice there was a very small number of votes (only 1,000 votes in favor of Burg), which led to many claims of fraud, especially of fraud within ballots of the
Israeli Druze community. After a long series of discussions and accusations regarding ethnic discrimination of
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National Union and the National Religious Party leaving the coalition during June and November 2004 respectively. Shinui left the government in December 2004 following disagreements over the budget. The party later disintegrated following a disputed leadership election, with eleven MKs
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in ways that were prohibited under the law regulating the funding of political parties. The
Comptroller's Report published in early September 2001 stated that these contributions were breaking the law (a previous similar complaint against Netanyahu led to the issuing of a warning, and a similar
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Minister Ariel Sharon announced that early elections would be held, just several days after the Labor party left the unity government, caught the Labor party in a situation in which it did not yet receive a chance to elect the head of the party. When it
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January 2005, with Agudat Yisrael added to the government in March 2005. LaborโMeimad later pulled out in November that year, the same month in which Sharon led a breakaway of fourteen MKs from Likud to form Kadima. Likud left the coalition in January 2006.
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was the defense minister in most of this period (until the unity government was dismantled) did not allow the Labor party to establish an alternative to government policies, mainly because it was difficult to present a position contrary to that which was supported by the party up until then.
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the Druze public, it was decided that the primaries would be held again in 51 polling stations (mostly within the Druze community) on 26 December. Those elections had a relatively low voter turnout and at the end of those elections, Ben-Eliezer won with a small gap of just 1,900 votes.
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Attorney's Office. On 6 January 2003, the details of the affair were revealed by
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did not run in these elections (and in practice was almost two years out of the political system), at the time Ehud Barak and the Labor Party were widely considered by many in the Israeli public as those directly responsible for the outbreak of the second intifada.
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citizens would share an equal extent of obligations which other Israeli citizens are required to fulfill, specifically requiring them to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. The coalition upheavals delayed the initial adoption of the Tal law.
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and his breakaway Gesher faction left the government due to their opposition to the budget. Although their departure was not significant at the time, further ahead this caused difficulties for the continued existence of the unity government.
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was appointed as the defense minister the next day (a move which aroused much criticism due to its timing - Mofaz was appointed to this position only four months after he finished serving in the military as the Chief of Staff of the
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to fire the Shas ministers on May 20. Nevertheless, Shas rejoined the government on June 3, but this step was the beginning of the end of the unity government. On July 28
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from the opposition. On the other hand, Likud members alleged that the leak of the affair's details was politically motivated and intended to harm Sharon's popularity.
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2355:Ariel Sharon
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2120:Centre Party
1581:Azmi Bishara
1251:Centre Party
1169:' interests
1044:Ariel Sharon
965:Amram Mitzna
949:Labor-Meimad
933:dissolution
928:1999 result
908:15th Knesset
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889:Ariel Sharon
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517:Ariel Sharon
439:Azmi Bishara
246:Amram Mitzna
225:Ariel Sharon
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109:October 2012
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51:Please help
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18:16th Knesset
2391:Ehud Olmert
2307:Total votes
2281:Valid votes
1627:Amir Peretz
1570:Pan-arabism
1520:Nationalism
1267:Dan Meridor
1225:Tommy Lapid
1136:Yossi Sarid
821:within the
790:Shaul Mofaz
653:and in the
418:Amir Peretz
330:Yossi Sarid
267:Yosef Lapid
2906:Categories
2748:2019 (Sep)
2743:2019 (Apr)
2468:References
2458:One Israel
2038:The Greens
1891:One Nation
1607:One Nation
1524:Secularism
1443:Benny Elon
1214:Secularism
1210:Liberalism
1125:Secularism
1090:Eli Yishai
1005:David Levy
938:Votes (%)
864:Bank Leumi
777:David Levy
743:Haim Ramon
651:Gaza Strip
634:Ehud Barak
574:Background
413:One Nation
351:Effi Eitam
288:Eli Yishai
79:newspapers
2808:Municipal
2343:Aftermath
2323:4,720,079
2310:3,200,773
2284:3,148,364
2263:3,148,364
1975:Ale Yarok
1478:Socialism
1474:Communism
919:Ideology
655:West Bank
2427:See also
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735:Sephardi
629:party).
179:67.81% (
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1828:132,370
1807:164,122
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1740:386,535
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1652:Results
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829:party.
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623:hawkish
201:Leader
176:Turnout
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2349:Shinui
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2297:52,409
2266:100.00
2242:Leader
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2099:Tzomet
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2000:36,202
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1866:Hadash
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1469:Hadash
1293:Mafdal
1205:Shinui
1116:Meretz
1094:13.0%
1048:14.1%
991:Gesher
969:20.3%
941:Seats
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615:dovish
553:Israel
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262:Shinui
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209:Seats
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2260:Total
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2145:1,925
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1912:Balad
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1711:Labor
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1690:Likud
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1670:Party
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843:Likud
739:Haifa
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561:Likud
530:Likud
521:Likud
487:2.08
476:Ra'am
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